Faith Brown

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Faith Brown
Born
Eunice Irene Carroll

(1944-05-28) 28 May 1944 (age 81)
Liverpool, Merseyside, England
NationalityBritish
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • actress
  • singer
  • impressionist
Years active1966-2011
Known for
Spouse
Len Wady
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(m. 1963)​
Children1
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
Formerly ofThe Carrolls

Faith Brown (born Eunice Irene Carroll; 28 May 1944) is an English actress, singer, comedian and impressionist. She was a star of the ITV impressions show Who Do You Do? , and was The Voice in the TV show Trapped! .

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Brown was born in Liverpool and attended St Francis De Sales School, Walton. She was a singer in a vocal group (The Carrolls) with her brothers, and was then for a time a solo singer, before using her talent for mimicry to switch to comedy impressions.[ citation needed ]

Her comedy special, The Faith Brown Awards, [1] produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network, received an audience of 9.8 million viewers when it was broadcast in September 1978. [2] This was followed by the six part series, The Faith Brown Chat Show , in January 1980. She won a TV Times Award for 'Funniest Woman on TV' in the same year. [3]

She has appeared as a guest star performing songs and impressions on several TV variety shows, including The Cannon and Ball Show , Summertime Special , Live From Her Majesty's , 3-2-1 , The Grumbleweeds and The Little and Large Show .

She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1982 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews while appearing as a guest on the ITV entertainment show Game For A Laugh .

As an actress, her television credits include the roles of Flast in the Doctor Who serial Attack of the Cybermen (1985) and Anne Bradley in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1996).

On stage, she played Norma Desmond in the 2001-2002 UK tour of Sunset Boulevard . [4] Her musical theatre credits also include the roles of Miss Hannigan in Annie at Guildford and Portsmouth, [5] Stella Winters in the 1996 stage adaptation of Summer Holiday at the Opera House, Blackpool, [6] Sister Mary Regina in the 2004 UK tour of Nunsense , [7] and Diana Diamonte in Boys in the Buff at the Edinburgh Festival (2007). [8]

She has appeared as a guest panelist on numerous game shows; including Celebrity Squares , Give Us A Clue , Blankety Blank , Punchlines , Win, Lose or Draw , Call My Bluff , What's My Line? and Wipeout .

She was a contestant on the reality show I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here! in 2006.

Selected television credits

YearTitleRoleNotes
1975–1976 For My Next Trick Herself, Resident Singer14 episodes, BBC
1976 Ken Dodd's World of Laughter Cast Member BBC
Who Do You Do? Various Impressions8 episodes, LWT
1977-1978 Celebrity Squares PanelistEpisodes: 2.38, 2.41 & 3.9
1978The Faith Brown AwardsVarious Impressions LWT Special
1979 Blankety Blank PanelistEpisodes: 1.7 & 1.11
Give Us A Clue PanelistEpisode 2.8
1980 The Faith Brown Chat Show Various Impressions6 episodes, LWT
Cannon and Ball for Christmas Special Guest LWT Special
1981 Summertime Special Guest - various impressions1 episode, BBC
Give Us A Clue PanelistEpisode 4.2
1982 3-2-1 Guest StarEpisode 4.2
1983 Live From Her Majesty's Musical Guest1 episode, LWT
1983–1984 Punchlines Herself8 episodes, LWT
1984 Bullseye Guest StarEpisode 4.10
Give Us A Clue PanelistEpisode 6.20
1984-1985 Blankety Blank PanelistEpisodes: 7.13, 8.1 & 9.13
1985 Doctor Who FlastGuest Star, Attack of the Cybermen Part II , BBC
The Sooty Show HerselfEpisode "I'm Clever Too"
1986I Feel FineVarious Impressions Granada TV Special
Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go OnFairy Godmother Central Independent Television Special
3-2-1 Guest StarEpisode 9.4
1989 The Little and Large Show Guest StarEpisode 9.8
What's My Line? Self - PanellistEpisode 8.8
1992–1996 Win, Lose or Draw Guest Panellist15 episodes, Scottish Television
1996 Brookside Anne Bradley 7 episodes, Mersey Television
1997 Call My Bluff Panellist2 episodes
1998 Wipeout Herself - Special guestCelebrity Special
2003 Life Beyond the Box: Margot Leadbetter Herself
2006 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! HerselfContestant, Series 6
2008 Celebrity Juice Amy Winehouse Episode 1.2
2008–2010 Trapped! The Voice39 Episodes, CBBC

Selected theatre credits

YearTitleRoleVenueRef
1987Beauty is the BusinessLilla DanielsUK National Tour [9]
1989-1990 Cinderella Epsom Playhouse [10]
1996 Summer Holiday Stella Winters Opera House Theatre, Blackpool [6]
1997-1998 The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery Mrs ReeceUK National Tour [11]
2000-2001 Dick Whittington Fairy Bow Bells Theatre Royal, Norwich [10]
2001-2002 Sunset Boulevard Norma DesmondUK National Tour [4]
2004 Nunsense Sister Mary ReginaUK National Tour [7]
2004-2005 Cinderella Fairy Godmother Capitol Theatre, Horsham [10]
2005-2006 Cinderella Wicked Stepmother The Lowry [10]
2007Faith Brown: Up FrontHerselfUK National Tour [12]
Boys in the BuffDiana Diamonte Edinburgh Festival Fringe [8]
2009The Best of British Variety TourHerselfUK National Tour [13]
2010The Stars are Coming Out Tonight - A Charity GalaHerself Fairfield Halls [14]

Discography

Albums

With The Carrolls:

Singles

With The Carrolls:

Solo Recordings:

As Featured Artist:

Cast Recordings

Compilations

References

  1. ↑ "The Faith Brown Awards". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Barfe, Louis (January 2013). Turned Out Nice Again: The Story of British Light Entertainment. Atlantic Books. ISBN   9781848877573 . Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  3. ↑ ITV (1982). Who's Who On Television. ITV Books / Michael Joseph. ISBN   0900727950.
  4. 1 2 "Sunset Boulevard". Theatricalia. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "David Fawcett Biography". beyondthebarricade.com. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Faith's Hope". The Bolton News . Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Nunsense". UK Theatre Web. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Faith Brown and Her Boys in the Buff". BroadwayBaby.com. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Beauty is the Business". Theatricalia. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Comedians in Panto". Panto Archive. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  11. ↑ "The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery". Theatricalia. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "Faith Brown: Up Front Review". The Stage . Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "The Best of British Variety Tour 2009". TDPromo.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "The Stars are Coming Out Tonight". UK Theatre Web. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
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